Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…

Which phrase best describes the manner in which Mongan speaks when he welcomes the King of Leinster?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, Mongan · What happens: describe, speak, welcome · To what, where: manner, King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 speaks	obl
9	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 speaks	nsubj
10	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	acl:relcl
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 welcomes	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 welcomes	nsubj
13	welcomes	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 speaks	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 welcomes	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Leinster	case
17	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 King	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the manner		well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	speak speech: other	present	Mongan		the manner		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	welcome	present	Mongan	the King of Leinster			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

in a bright and cheerful tone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	6 tone	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tone	det
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tone	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cheerful	cc
5	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bright	conj
6	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

in a melancholy and lamentable voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	3 melancholy	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 melancholy	det
3	melancholy	melancholy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 voice	cc
5	lamentable	lamentable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melancholy	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

with a fierce and angry shout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	with	with	ADP	_	6 shout	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shout	det
3	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shout	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 angry	cc
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fierce	conj
6	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

in a loud and angry voice, as if he were ready to fight the king at once

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	6 voice	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 voice	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 angry	cc
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loud	conj
6	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ready	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 ready	mark
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 ready	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ready	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 ready	cop
12	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 voice	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fight	mark
14	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 ready	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fight	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 once	case
18	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 fight	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					ready property	tree rules
2	fight	to-infinitive	he not said here	the king					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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